Bischoff Erik W M A, Soetekouw Patricia M M B, De Vries Maaike, Scheepers Paul T I, Bleijenberg Gijs, van der Meer Jos W M
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University Medical Center St. Radboud, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Arch Environ Health. 2003 Dec;58(12):740-5. doi: 10.3200/AEOH.58.12.740-745.
Following their participation in a United Nations peacekeeping operation in Cambodia (1992-1993), Dutch veterans complained of symptoms similar to those reported by Gulf War veterans. The authors conducted a matched case-control study to evaluate 76 symptomatic and 32 matched asymptomatic Cambodia veterans on the basis of data collected by postal questionnaire. The number of symptomatic veterans who reported having used insect repellants that contained N,N,-diethyl-meta-toluamide (DEET) during the mission in Cambodia was significantly higher, compared with asymptomatic veterans. The percentage of veterans who reported feeling ill following brief exposures to chemicals such as paint or pesticides was equal in both groups, but the percentage was low compared with the results of other studies of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Syndrome. The current study was limited by self-report and time delay (potential recall bias) between deployment to Cambodia and the time of survey. Nevertheless, the study results did not support the hypothesis that symptoms in the total group of Cambodia veterans could be related to Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Syndrome.
在参与1992 - 1993年联合国柬埔寨维和行动后，荷兰退伍军人抱怨出现了与海湾战争退伍军人报告的类似症状。作者进行了一项匹配病例对照研究，根据通过邮政问卷收集的数据，对76名有症状的柬埔寨退伍军人和32名匹配的无症状退伍军人进行评估。与无症状退伍军人相比，报告在柬埔寨执行任务期间使用过含有N，N - 二乙基间甲苯甲酰胺（避蚊胺）驱虫剂的有症状退伍军人数量显著更高。两组中报告在短暂接触油漆或杀虫剂等化学品后感到不适的退伍军人百分比相同，但与其他多重化学敏感性综合征研究的结果相比，该百分比很低。本研究受限于自我报告以及从部署到柬埔寨到调查时间之间的时间延迟（潜在回忆偏差）。尽管如此，研究结果并不支持柬埔寨退伍军人总体症状可能与多重化学敏感性综合征有关的假设。
